"Mr. Ishihara, this is the dish you want, please use it slowly......" Several waiters brought up the dishes he ordered one by one with a plate and set them on the table.

Sukiyaki, salted cuttlefish, tuna sushi, takoyaki meatballs, salmon teppanyaki, berry boiled, deep-fried tempura, the staple dish is guddon, the dessert is edamame-wrapped rice cake, and a bottle of sake. It's all authentic Japanese food.

"I didn't expect to be able to eat such authentic Japanese food in China...... Ishihara tasted it and was very satisfied. The taste of the food is quite authentic, and even the bottle of Japanese sake, although it is made in China, has a very authentic taste.

He looked at the decoration and furnishings in the room again, and it was also full of Japanese style. The grass-scented tatami mats, the translucent camphor paper lattice sliding doors that create a hazy atmosphere, the low Japanese dining table, and several Japanese bonsai in the private room. If he hadn't known that it was in Shanghai, he would have thought it was a mid-range Japanese restaurant.

"Mr. Ishihara, what do you think of the taste?" said the boss, Niu Dachun, who came over to greet him. When he learned that Ishihara was Japanese, he asked about the taste of the food.

Because he has never been to Japan, he doesn't know whether his wife's craftsmanship is authentic or not, in fact, his wife Momoeko Yamaguchi herself doesn't know whether the dishes she makes are considered Japanese cuisine. Because she came from a poor background, how could she have access to these various dishes? Not to mention eating, many of them had never even been heard of.

"It's delicious! Ishihara clasped his hands together and said sincerely. He is fluent in Chinese, and although the accent is a little weird, there is no problem communicating at all.

"That's good, that's good, you use ...... slowly" Niu Dachun breathed a sigh of relief. Boss Niu is an honest man, and his restaurant is a "Japanese-style" brand, and it would be a shame to be accused of making dishes that are not authentic. This Japanese guest is said to be a university lecturer in Tokyo, and he is obviously not an uninformed country girl like his wife, and he says that the taste is authentic, so you can rest assured.

In fact, many of the dishes that Momoeko Yamaguchi learned were only available in later generations. The Japanese people of this period have never even heard of it, but the flavor is the same.

"Boss Niu, can you ask you some local things? I just arrived in Shanghai, and I am not familiar with this place...... Ishihara Wan'er hurriedly kept Niu Dachun.

"Oh, that's no problem, what do you want to ask?" Niu Dachun sat down.

Ishihara poured him a glass of sake and asked, "Boss Niu, I've been in Shanghai for a few days, and I've been to many places, including the suburbs of the city, but I haven't seen a single beggar or a homeless child." It's really surprising that there are quite a few such people even in Tokyo in Japan and in big cities in Europe, so why aren't there here?"

To say that Ishihara's first impression of Shanghai is that it is clean and tidy, the streets and alleys of the entire Greater Shanghai are very clean, and there is no confetti or garbage at all. There are garbage cans and spittoons at intervals on the road, and the garbage cans are usually two spouts, divided into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. The spittoons are also interesting, with a foot pedal underneath, and when you step on it, the lid on top opens to contain a layer of quicklime for disinfection.

These garbage cans and spittoons are stamped out of iron sheets, and most of them are cartoon animals holding or carrying baskets, so that Ishihara doesn't recognize these things as garbage and spit at first, and thinks they are large vases or flower pots or something. Originally, Ishihara thought that a lot of people needed to clean it, but after seeing the chic sweepers, he realized that as long as these cars with music drove by, the road surface was clean, and the cleaners who followed only needed to clean the corners. There are also vehicles that specialize in collecting garbage cans, and vehicles that specialize in collecting spittoons, which really opened his eyes.

The second impression is order, incomparable order. Not only are the vehicles on the road driving in order, but also the pedestrians, whether it is taking the bus or shopping, all the people are queuing up in a regular manner, and the legendary chaotic scene is not visible at all, and most of these people are consciously using trash cans and spittoons.

These days, he has only seen a few litterers, and those Chinese who violate the rules are immediately caught by a few people with red sleeves, and the punishment is to be a half-day volunteer cleaner, helping those sanitation workers to empty garbage cans, clean spittoons and sweep the streets. One of them seemed to be a Spaniard or a Portuguese, and this guy was caught red-handed by an old lady wearing a red sleeve for spitting, and was not only ordered to clean up, but also worked as a volunteer cleaner with those Chinese. In the end, this is not the end, his passport has been stamped.

Ishihara knew about this regulation, and there were people in the quarantine station who specially educated them about relevant laws and regulations, including common laws and security management regulations, traffic rules and health rules, etc., and if they violated the law in China, they would also be punished the same as the Chinese.

Needless to say, the crime will go straight in. Every violation is recorded, with Chinese being recorded on a special personal security file, while foreigners are stamped on passports with the words "violation of public security regulations", "violation of traffic rules" or "violation of health rules".

The first three times of the year are half-day compulsory labor, the fourth to sixth are fines and compulsory labor, and the seventh to tenth times are whips or boards, and foreign guests are no exception. The Chinese government does not have the habit of "giving preferential treatment to foreign guests" in such a bullshit manner, and all laws and regulations are treated equally, except for diplomats who have legal immunity, they are all guilty of the same crime.

If a foreigner's passport is stamped with 10 stamps in a year, then he can get out of the country, he will be sent out of the country by the Chinese authorities, and even diplomats will be expelled and barred from entering the country for two years. Well, if you are willing to pay a large amount of money and pay a fine and have a guarantee from the government, the exclusion period can also be shortened or abolished. If it is a Chinese who violates the law, he does not have to worry about being kicked out, but what awaits him is three consecutive months of labor education.

Of course, what Ishihara doesn't know is that the current Chinese talk about order and obedience to the rules by whipping and fines. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the hygiene habits and discipline of the vast majority of Chinese were very touching, which greatly disgusted Wen Deji from the 23rd century. This kind of thing is useless to rely only on verbal education and publicity, the Great Picture Dynasty of the original time and space has done enough, and it has only worked for decades, and there are often backlashes during this period.

He has always believed that only pain is the best memory enhancer, and that both physical and mental pain are extremely effective. The former is a whip or a board, the latter is a fine, and he will remember it firmly when he draws it to the pain of the flesh or the punishment to the pain of the heart. And the most deterrent thing is that the flogging and the beating of the board are carried out in squares or crowded places. Facts have proved that Mr. Wen's violent methods are extremely effective, and those bad tendencies have been straightened out in a few years. As for the tens of millions of people who have been whipped or boarded, that is only the throes of history......

Originally, Ishihara thought that this was a façade work, and an international metropolis like Shanghai would definitely be more exquisite, not only the central area of the city is so clean and orderly, but even the small alleys and suburban streets are also clean and orderly.

Although Ishihara felt a lot about these good social atmospheres, they were nothing compared to another thing. That is extremely good social security, and before coming to China, Ishihara also studied the materials of Shanghai. Whether it is the travelogues written by the Japanese who have been to Shanghai in the past, or the introduction of Shanghai by the army intelligence department, they all point out that Shanghai is a city with very poor public order, and the gangs here are very rampant, and they gamble and prostitute themselves, bully and dominate the market, and run rampant in the countryside.

But he's been here for days, and he's been observing people in densely populated "crime areas" like stations, ports, and markets, but he hasn't seen a single thief or pickpocket, let alone the legendary "Axe Gang" and "Green Gang" or anything like that. The most incredible thing is that he even saw one beggar, and those travelogues and intelligence especially emphasized that the city of Shanghai is a paradise for adventurers, with incomparably glamorous gentlemen and celebrities, as well as countless beggars and street children, these beggars are often controlled by gangs, and you must be careful. But he hadn't seen any of them all these days.

For this reason, he also went to several of the "hard-hit areas" mentioned in the intelligence to investigate, and he was shocked to find that the information was full of messy shacks and thatched huts, which were extremely dirty, with dung and water flowing everywhere, and the dilapidated slums left everywhere were completely different. In front of him was a neat five-story building, with clear windows everywhere, lush trees and garden lawns on both sides of the road, and even more so on the ground.

Of course, the beggars and street children who are said to be more than ants are gone, and the local residents all look red and have good complexions, and they are well nourished. Although most of the clothes they wore were not very good, they were also clean and tidy, and he finally found a few patched clothes, which were also patched with cloth of the same texture and color, and he couldn't see it at all if he didn't look carefully. Some of the patches were so symmetrical that he wondered if they were deliberately embellished decorations.

He looked at the map again and again, and checked with the passers-by around him again and again, before he was sure that he was not looking for the wrong place. This powerful contrast between reality and legend gave him a great shock. It is impossible for those who write travelogues and the intelligence of the military department to be talking nonsense, then there is only one possibility, and that is that this Shanghai has only become like this in recent years.

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So he was now very puzzled to ask the question, why there was not a single beggar and street child in such a large city. This is completely illogical, there are many beggars in Tokyo and Osaka, the most prosperous cities in Japan, and even the more wealthy European and American powers are unavoidable in this kind of existence, and it is not that he has never been to Europe.

From the previous conversation, I learned that this Niu boss is an old Shanghai, a native of Shanghai Yin, and I think I can know the reason from him.

"Hahahaha......" Niu Dachun laughed.

After laughing for a while, Niu Dachun said, "Mr. Ishihara, if you want to see the beggars and wanderers, it's too late." Niu Dachun's Mandarin is not too standard, with a strong Shanghai accent, and it is not even as good as Ishihara's standards.

"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, local governments have started to clean up beggars and street children, who were no longer available a few years ago. Now you can't see them anywhere in China......" Niu Dachun said proudly.

"Oh, how do you clean it up?" Ishihara moved in his heart and poured Niu Dachun another glass of wine.

Niu Dachun drank it all and said with a smile: "It's very simple, let's talk about street children first, these children will be screened, and those who can find their parents' families will be sent back to their own homes, and those who can't be found will be raised by the government's welfare institutes, and those who can go to school will be sent to special welfare schools to study together, until they graduate from junior high school, and then according to their grades and specialties, they will be sent to vocational schools or high schools, and then they will be the same as other children." So, if you want to see the former street children, you have to go to the welfare home and the welfare school, you can't tell the difference on the street, hahahaha......"

"And what about the adult beggars?"

"Adult beggars, of course, also depend on the situation. As long as you are willing to work, you can arrange a job, you can work or farm, and now as long as you are willing to work, you can find anything. Those who really have no ability to work and no relatives to support them are also raised by welfare institutions in various places, and they are organized for training and let them do some work within their ability. As for those who are healthy but have a lot of work to do, hey, hey, that's forced labor. Now we are engaged in construction everywhere in China, and the mine sites need to be ......," Niu Dachun smiled.

"If they are lazy, will they do their jobs well?" Ishihara continued. poured another glass of wine for Niu Dachun.

"Yes......" Niu Dachun smiled a little evilly: "Our government has a way for this kind of people, as long as they enter the labor camp, they will definitely become self-reliant laborers, and they can't change if they want to." ”

"So the gangsters used to ...... Oh, I asked more, even the beggars are gone, these people must be in the labor camp......"

"No, they are not going to a labor camp, but a labor camp or a labor camp, which are different. Of course, I don't know much about the specific differences between them......" Talking about the heart of Niu Dachun, he took a drink, and said, "Mr. Ishihara, this sake is not strong enough to drink. Let's have some drinks from the gentlemen, I don't want you to spend money, I'll treat you......"

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